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This is a list of the Masters (later Headmasters) and Ushers (later Second Masters) of Gresham's School, Holt.
[edit] Masters, 1562-1900
- 1560s: Master Robinson[1]
- 1570s: Master Harrison[1]
- 1584-1602: Christopher Williams[1]
- 1602-1605: Reverend Richard Snoden MA (Cantab.)[1]
- 1605-1606: Reverend Francis Catlyn MA (Cantab.)[1]
- 1606-1639: John Tallis MA (Cantab.)[1]
- 1639-1640: Reverend Nathaniel Gill[1]
- 1640: John Tallis MA (Cantab.) (again)[1]
- 1640-1644: Sir Thomas Witherley[1]
- 1644-1646: John Fenn[1]
- 1646-1659: Reverend Francis Wright MA (Oxon.), fellow of Merton College, Oxford[1]
- 1659-1660: Reverend William Hickes MA (Cantab.), previously Master of Oundle[1]
- 1660-1665: Reverend Henry Mazy MA (Cantab.)[1]
- 1665-1667: Reverend John Goodman (acting Master)[1]
- 1667-1692: Reverend Thomas Bainbridge MA (Cantab.)[1]
- 1692-1716: Reverend William Reynolds MA (Oxon.)[1]
- 1716-1729: Reverend David Duncombe MA (St Andrew's) (d. 1729)[1]
- 1730-1760: John Holmes - writer of textbooks on grammar, rhetoric and astronomy[1]
- 1760: John Knox[1]
- 1760-1787: James Smith[1]
- 1787-1806: Thomas Atkins[1]
- 1806-1807: Reverend Mr Babington (acting Master)[1]
- 1807-1809: Thomas Atkins (again)[1]
- 1809-1857: Reverend Benjamin Pullan, alias Pulleyne, MA (Cantab.), fellow of Clare College, Cambridge[1]
- 1858-1867: Reverend Charles Allen Elton, MA BD (Cantab.), fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge[1]
- 1867-1900: Reverend Reginald Jolliffe Roberts, MA (Cantab.)[1]
[edit] Headmasters, 1900 to date
- 1900-1919: George William Saul Howson, MA (Oxon.) - formerly of Uppingham, reforming headmaster[1]
- 1919-1935: James Ronald Eccles, MA (Cantab.)[1]
- 1935-1944: Philip Staniforth Newell, MA (Cantab.)[1]
- 1944-1955: Martin John Olivier, MA (Oxon.) - previously of Rossall, later head of Guthlaxton College, Wigston[1]
- 1955-1982: Logie Bruce Lockhart, MA (Cantab.) - international rugby footballer[1][2]
- 1982-1985: Dr Timothy Phillips Woods, MA (Rhodes) DPhil (Oxon.)[1][2]
- 1985-1991: Hugh Raymond Wright, MA (Oxon.) - later Chief Master of King Edward's School, Birmingham (1991–1998) and Chairman of the HMC[1][2]
- 1991-2001: John Hardy Arkell, MA (Cantab.) - formerly head of Wrekin College[1][2]
- 2001 to date: Antony Roy Clark, MA (Cantab.) - formerly head of St Andrew's College, South Africa[1][2]
[edit] Ushers
[edit] Second Masters
[edit] Deputy Heads
[edit] Chaplains
[edit] Headmasters of the Junior School
The Junior School was reorganized into the Preparatory School and the Pre-Preparatory School in 1984.
[edit] Headmasters of the Preparatory School
[edit] Heads of the Pre-Preparatory School
[edit] Housemasters and staff, 2007
[edit] Boys' houses
| House |
Housemaster |
House Tutor |
Matron |
| Howson's |
Mr J.P.B. Martin BSc |
Mr R. Hensen BCom |
Mrs M. Dimsdale |
| Farfield |
Mr J.R.P. Thomson BEng |
Mr D.A. Stanworth BA, MMus |
Mrs J. Straton |
| Tallis |
Mr P.C. Farmer-Wright BSc |
Mr P.J. Watson BA |
Mrs B. Aldridge |
| Woodlands |
Mr F.J.V. Retter BA |
Mr G.D. Bartle BSc |
Mrs C. Day |
[edit] Girls' houses
| House |
Housemistress |
House Tutor |
Matron |
| Edinburgh |
Mrs S. Radley BEd |
Miss L.B. Roberts BA, ARCM |
Mrs F. Daplyn |
| Britten |
Mrs J.E. Moore |
Miss K. Lahana BSc |
Mrs V. Payne |
| Oakeley |
Miss F.M.A. Gathercole BA OG |
Mrs K.E. Curtis BA |
Mrs D. Powles |
[edit] Notable masters
- George Howson (headmaster, 1900-1919)
- Warin Foster Bushell (asistant master, 1907-1912), later headmaster of Michaelhouse and Birkenhead School and President of the Mathematical Association[3]
- Logie Bruce Lockhart (headmaster, 1955-1982) - Scotland rugby footballer[2]
- C. V. Durell (assistant master, 1904-05) - writer of mathematics textbooks[4]
- Graeme Fife (Classics master, 1970-1979) - writer, playwright and broadcaster
- Walter Greatorex (Director of Music, 1911-1949) - composer[5]
- Dalziel Llewellyn Hammick (assistant master, Chemistry, 1910-1918) - research chemist[6]
- John Holmes (Master, 1730-1760) - writer of textbooks on grammar, rhetoric and astronomy[4][5]
- Patrick Thompson (assistant master, Physics, 1965-1983) - Conservative Member of Parliament[7]
- Charles W. Lloyd (assistant master, 1946-1951), later Master of Dulwich College[8]
- Denys Thompson (assistant master, English, 1930s) - editor of the quarterly Scrutiny with F. R. Leavis[1] and of the journal The Use of English[9]
- Professor Richard D'Aeth (assistant master, 1938-1940)[10]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct I Will Plant Me a Tree: an Illustrated History of Gresham's School by S.G.G. Benson and Martin Crossley Evans (James & James, London, 2002)
- ^ a b c d e f Who's Who 2003 (A. & C. Black, London, 2003)
- ^ BUSHELL, Warin Foster, in Who Was Who 1897-2007 online, retrieved 24 May 2008 from BUSHELL, Warin Foster (2008)
- ^ a b Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004)
- ^ a b The History and Register of Gresham's School, 1555-1954 (Ipswich, 1955)
- ^ Dalziel Llewellyn Hammick, 1887-1966 by E. J. Bowen in Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, vol. 13, November 1967, pp. 107-124
- ^ THOMPSON, (Hugh) Patrick in Who's Who 2007 online (accessed 28 September 2007)
- ^ Who’s Who 1997 (A.& C. Black, London, 1997) page 1186
- ^ Obituary of Boris Ford in College Record 1998 of Downing College, Cambridge (accessed 22 October 2007)
- ^ Professor Richard D'Aeth, obituary in The Independent dated May 5, 2008
